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Re: Not sure I agree with this

Do what one fine manager of mine once did. Instead of going through all
the nitty-gritty details of the problems, he'd write, in purple marker, a
large "VOITCH!" I think it meant, "You are so off target here that I
cannot think of anything else to say." It sure got our attention.

Oops, that won't be so effective now, because reviews are rarely done in
hard copy any more. Oh well...

As a vegetation, purple voitch later appeared in "The Book of Dreams" by
sf writer Jack Vance. I think I know where he got it.